by Daniel González - Sept. 16, 2012 10:29 PM
The Republic | azcentral
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is teaming up with conservative Phoenix attorney Clint Bolick of the Goldwater Institute to write a book detailing their take on how to solve illegal immigration and fix the nation's broken immigration system.
Bolick, known nationally for his work promoting school-choice policies, said he shares Bush's views on immigration and believes the harsh enforcement stance taken by some Republicans, including many GOP leaders in Arizona, is driving away Latinos, whom the party should be trying to attract.
"Jeb Bush has obviously been a national proponent of immigration reform, and over the years it became clear that his views and mine were very similar," Bolick said in an interview with The Republic.
Bush, considered by many to be a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016, is among a growing number of influential Republicans who want to see the party drop the harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration and adopt what they consider to be a more practical, market-driven approach that helps businesses and doesn't break up families.
Bush, whose wife is Hispanic, is the brother of former President George W. Bush, who unsuccessfully pushed for similar immigration reforms during his administration. They are the sons of former President George H.W. Bush.
"There has long been a wing of the Republican Party that has been very forward-looking in terms of a compromise on immigration," and that wing includes both Jeb Bush and George W. Bush, said Louis DeSipio, a political-science professor at the University of Califoria-Irvine.
"The dilemma, of course, is that the vast majority of the members of the House of Representatives who shape policy these days are really not part of that wing," DeSipio added.
DeSipio said the GOP, however, is facing growing pressure to change its stance on immigration from industries experiencing labor shortages.
Some Republicans also are recognizing that harsh rhetoric on immigration is driving a growing number of Latino voters to the Democratic Party, he said.
"The recognition is that over time, nationally the Republicans will not be able to win if they are routinely losing Latinos" to Democrats, DeSipio said.
Bolick said Arizonans have legitimate concerns about illegal immigration, and he agrees with those who believe the federal government isn't doing a good job policing the border. He also agrees that states have a "vitally important" role in enforcing the law.
"But going out and rounding up people for no other offense than having broken taillights on their cars, that shows hostility rather than a genuine desire to solve the problem," Bolick said.
The book, called "Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution," will be published in the spring by Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster that publishes books with conservative viewpoints.
Bolick said he is writing the book as part of his work as a research fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
The details are still being worked out, but one of the major points the book will make is that America needs more immigrants, both high- and low-skilled, to help pay for public welfare benefits because more people are retiring and fewer people are being born, he said.
Bolick said the book will oppose amnesty, which he defined as allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens without facing penalties. Instead, the book will call for letting illegal immigrants become legal permanent residents as long as they have clean records and pay substantial fines. Those who wanted to become citizens would first have to return to their home country and apply from there, he said.
The book is sure to rankle conservatives who oppose any kind of lawful status for illegal immigrants.
Bolick said the book will also advocate that the United States revamp its visa system by giving green cards to immigrants based more on their job skills to meet labor demands in the U.S. and less on family ties. That idea is similar to a proposal included in an overhaul of the nation's immigration system that Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., helped draft in 2007 as part of a compromise with Democrats. The legislation failed.
Under the current system, immigrants who become legal permanent residents or naturalized citizens can petition for a wide circle of family members, including parents, children and siblings. Bolick would like to see the family-based visa system limited only to parents and non-adult children.
"Chain migration has been the 800-pound gorilla," Bolick said. "It shuts out people we desperately need."
Bolick said that instead of states passing enforcement laws, such as Arizona's Senate Bill 1070, he would like to see them partner more with the federal government through programs such as Secure Communities and 287(g) to deport illegal immigrants who commit state crimes. Those programs, however, have drawn criticism from immigration advocates who say they encourage racial profiling by police and have led to the deportation of large numbers of illegal immigrants who committed only minor offenses such as driving without a license.
Bolick said the Republican Party ought to be reaching out to Hispanics but the illegal-immigration stance by GOP leaders in Arizona is driving them away from the party.
"Ronald Reagan once said that 'Hispanics are Republicans, they just don't know it yet,' " Bolick told 12 News. "We share an awful lot of values, like entrepreneurship and conservative social values. But Republicans in Arizona, it almost seems like their goal in life is to alienate Hispanics."
17 Sep, 2012
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